{"id":194047,"date":"2018-12-14T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/194047\/no-christmas-cheer-for-workers-demanding-permanency\/"},"modified":"2018-12-14T13:51:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T11:51:46","slug":"no-christmas-cheer-for-workers-demanding-permanency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/12\/14\/no-christmas-cheer-for-workers-demanding-permanency\/","title":{"rendered":"No Christmas cheer for workers demanding permanency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over 200 temporary workers from Ekurhuleni\u2019s Department of Solid Waste took to the metro\u2019s head offices, last Tuesday, demanding to see the MMC for Corporate and Shared Services, Clr Khosi Mabaso.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the MMC\u2019s failed efforts to furnish the workers and their union, Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers Union of South Africa (Demawusa), with an official meeting date last Monday.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The workers, who were employed on a temporary contract, were allegedly promised permanency by the metro and said they were now being ignored.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Workers demand permanent  jobs\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5PEeNyOiY80?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/185259\/metro-responds-to-department-of-solid-waste-members-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metro responds to Department of Solid Waste members\u2019 protest<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>After numerous attempts to resolve the issue of absorption, the marchers stated they needed to get Mabaso\u2019s attention to finally put this issue to rest as upsetting rumours had surfaced of the metro releasing job vacancies of the positions promised to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy have we not been absorbed?\u201d said one of the workers,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can Clr Ndosi Shongwe and Mabaso allow for vacancies to be advertised while we are still unemployed and not made permanent?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose are our positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_194049\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194049\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-194049\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/49GCNCOUNCILTEMO_75841-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/49GCNCOUNCILTEMO_75841-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/49GCNCOUNCILTEMO_75841-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/49GCNCOUNCILTEMO_75841-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/49GCNCOUNCILTEMO_75841.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-194049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freddy Madubula and Nomfundo May joined their colleagues in protesting outside the metro\u2019s head office demanding to see the MMC for Corporate and Shared Services Clr Khosi Mabaso last Tuesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the marchers, countless memorandums have been sent to the metro, and they have spent hours in the streets of Germiston marching to the metro\u2019s headquarters and have been unsuccessful in settling this matter.<\/p>\n<p>Some protestors have even detailed a number of police brutality claims but maintain that the bigger issue that needs the mayor\u2019s attention is the alleged ongoing corruption in his cabinet which allows for such matters to remain unresolved.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Ft0cBsOi_7E' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/184991\/workers-demand-answers-from-metro-as-to-when-jobs-will-be-made-permanent\/\" target=\"_blank\">Workers demand answers from metro as to when jobs will be made permanent<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cA few months ago, the mayor organised transport for us to travel to Magaliesburg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon arrival we tabled our issues and to our surprise the councillors present could not even look us in the eye as we demanded permanency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe worked for three months and the contract was then extended to four months in February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been unemployed since June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShongwe said the metro needed way more than 567 workers in the department of waste and once the recruitment process would start, the human resources department would first recruit us then avail the remaining posts to the public,\u201d said Sandile Mabaso, one of the workers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_194050\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194050\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-194050\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/49GCNCOUNCILTEMP_41008-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/49GCNCOUNCILTEMP_41008-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/49GCNCOUNCILTEMP_41008-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/49GCNCOUNCILTEMP_41008-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/49GCNCOUNCILTEMP_41008.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-194050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After failing to set an official meeting with workers and the Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers Union of South Africa (Demawusa), the MMC for Corporate and Shared Services Khosi Mabaso had a crowd of workers demanding her attention outside the metro\u2019s head offices.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The GCN contacted the metro for comment but none was forthcoming at the time of going to press.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-194047 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/12\/14\/no-christmas-cheer-for-workers-demanding-permanency\/attachment\/49gcncounciltemo_75841\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/49GCNCOUNCILTEMO_75841-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-194049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/49GCNCOUNCILTEMO_75841-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/49GCNCOUNCILTEMO_75841-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/49GCNCOUNCILTEMO_75841-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/49GCNCOUNCILTEMO_75841.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-194049'>\n\t\t\t\tFreddy Madubula and Nomfundo May joined their colleagues in protesting outside the metro\u2019s head office demanding to see the MMC for Corporate and Shared Services Clr Khosi Mabaso last Tuesday.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/12\/14\/no-christmas-cheer-for-workers-demanding-permanency\/attachment\/49gcncounciltemp_41008\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/49GCNCOUNCILTEMP_41008-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-194050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/49GCNCOUNCILTEMP_41008-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/49GCNCOUNCILTEMP_41008-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/49GCNCOUNCILTEMP_41008-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/12\/49GCNCOUNCILTEMP_41008.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-194050'>\n\t\t\t\tAfter failing to set an official meeting with workers and the Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers Union of South Africa (Demawusa), the MMC for Corporate and Shared Services Khosi Mabaso had a crowd of workers demanding her attention outside the metro\u2019s head offices.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='a0249a77ff8c16c0a6339fb6ed7b47c1'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The metro\u2019s temporary workers once again flooded the Germiston Civic Centre demanding the attention of the MMC for Corporate and Shared Services Clr Khosi Mabaso as her and her department failed to live up to their alleged promises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":194048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Kgotsofalang 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